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After an average period of 16\u00b18 months, the intervention programme was stopped. One year later, all the patients were re-examined to assess HF readmissions, all-cause mortality, quality of life, and prescribed medical treatment. During the 16\u00b18-month treatment period, patients in the intervention group had a lower rate of HF readmissions (17% vs. 51%, p&amp;lt;0.01), less all-cause mortality (13% vs. 27%, p=0.03), improvement in quality of life (1.5\u00b10.8 vs. 1.9\u00b11, p=0.03) and optimisation of medical treatment was achieved. One year after stopping the intervention, there was no difference in HF readmissions (28% vs. 25%, p=0.72), all-cause mortality (14% vs. 17%, p=0.64) and quality of life (1.7\u00b10.9 vs. 1.8\u00b11, p=0.24) between the groups. Survival and the probability of not being readmitted due to HF were similar in both groups. 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